A topic not entirely to do with Cobras

[Aussie Mike]

My Discovery tows the Cobra on the tandem great. It's only a 2.5 litre turbo diesel but it seems to develop plenty of torque. The same motor is used in the Defender. I reckon car and trailer probably only weigh about 1700KG though.

I think you should look at something bigger for that wieght of trailer.

Cheers

[Plums]

An LS7 powered SPF should be able to pull just about anything!!!

Seriously though, an auto SS Crewman (tuned to do the job of course), should do the job for you, with some performance to spare. You can even have the auto trans parameters altered to suit your personal taste....

[acecob]

Originally Posted by Plums

An LS7 powered SPF should be able to pull just about anything!!!

Seriously though, an auto SS Crewman (tuned to do the job of course), should do the job for you, with some performance to spare. You can even have the auto trans parameters altered to suit your personal taste....

Let me just say , I tow my car and trailer with a SS crewman and boy let me tell you If the cobra had a tow bar I would have torched the ute and left it by the side of the road and brought the trailer home.
Dont even think about it, not to mention you need a tanker following close behind to fuel up every 250 km, definately needs major tuning to be half reasonable to tow

[Aussie Mike]

I've had my Disco for a bit over a year now and I've done about 30,000KM. It hasn't missed a beat. I have to say it's been a very satisfying vehicle to own. It's comfortable and I enjoy driving it.

For a big heavy 4x4 it get's surprisingly good fuel economy. On a long trip I get about 10.5 to 11 litres per 100KM which equates to more than 800KM out of it's 90 litre tank. around town it drops back to about 13-14L/100 and I get about 650KM out of a tank. Towing the trailer with the Cobra on it I get about 14-15L/100 (about 600KM out of a tank).

Afriend of mine is a LandRover mechanic and I consulted him on the one to get. I had to search for a while but I found an 03 "S" model TD5 Auto 7 seater with ACE. the 03-04 models had the updated headlights, a new ECU and a larger intercooler. 7 seats means it's got self leveling suspension with air bags in the back which has been great for towing. The ACE makes it corner like its on rails. It sits flat on the road and doesn't wallow around like a lot of 4 wheel drives.

Now that it's chipped it makes more torque than the V8 and in a drag would probably give the petrol V8 a good run. It certainly has no trouble getting moving with the trailer behind although it will shift down on the hills.

Cheers

[Plums]

Originally Posted by acecob

Let me just say , I tow my car and trailer with a SS crewman and boy let me tell you If the cobra had a tow bar I would have torched the ute and left it by the side of the road and brought the trailer home.
Dont even think about it, not to mention you need a tanker following close behind to fuel up every 250 km, definately needs major tuning to be half reasonable to tow

Sounds like you need to get a tune then

Or buy a Ford to tow your Ford....